New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-04

| cleVerneSS,
an interest in thing and serve up somohnS r;c
for its qualification The art of surprising reaer u
| his satisfaction Is rare one.
Mr. Richard Malcolm Johnston VIII SO Georgian tales
have become deservcdIy popular was re, eivod win
| curiosity and heard with evident pleasure do not
vouch for the truth Of It, but have been toid that
Mr. Johnston Is morbdly modest about these inim'aoe
stories and that It was with the greatest dlhch'y
that his friends finally induced him to give them 10 mo
world Even now It is said that no occasionally DC
| comes possessed with the notion that thew are mere
trash and are making a laughing stock of him and no
insists on settling up with his publishes and having
! them recalled as fast as possible. Tho RECEPTION
| which an audience Of such culture as
tho one he faced last Tuesday taNo
him ought to be enough TO drive such notions out
of nj, head if he has them. The Early Majority OF
Mr. Thomas Watts Is the work Of except onal talent
Its pictures arc thoroughly funny, and the remarkable
thing about this as about all his stories. IS their dell
cate setting. He presents the most amu-lng scenes
I'm language that suggests the grace and beauty OF
Washington 1riuc. He has tn pressing Iac'lly W
prc>cnting incidents familiar to every one VINO iops
Jack upon his own childhood in way that IS ursstl-
biy comical. Mr.. Johnston IS a StIllngy hahdsomo
man. and a typical SOutherner In appearance uo
Is tall and slender in figure Ills hair j. slNer-"hl,o
and large mustachr Of the sane color a10rnS ms
racc H. long straight nose and slightly holo"
cheeks peculiar In their shape to the suhhy Sou'
II was a southern author, too. who Immediately
succeeded Mr
nf the .drncr Mr. Thomas Nelson Page OF Virginia.
vet a Young man. but h. has shown himself capa-
bic Of excellent work lie read the thiltWas scene
in Tnc' Edinburgh, DrowndIn'" and MI RACES da-
Irct was as II should have been from native Nig"ah
simply perfect There IS a. much difference De'"o II
the dialect Of Houston ST. and that OF q SoH'h'ih JIM
town" rs there between the n-o If street brat anu
that Of a Flfh ave dude. To that port on Of hs an
dcucc which has nnvcr been south % Mas n AMI DIV
ON, linz. the perfect music " Nj PAGE, da crt was
a revelation. Northern % pie who derive wa io
tons they have OF the irn" go tongue ana 'hi -
from minstrel ,h, and muatiO COOKS do the coI"''d
~ ia" South great ilInsfice Their V"'c' a''
mcllower q an Noor- Even IN '"nV a on Il Is
and fail, HE the music Of chant, and they Oxen pos
SOS the n'lcsi trait, Of Character Mr.. Patrs nero
told h, simple tale OF DEVOTION TO III, da,hhE YOUNG
master I'm strain that touched every h'Ht aud yer h.
monSn Oh ia, ANS NJ Wrabicr, OF the h'-I" WIZ
MAJ ld'lty 4" rainw which - TX ,'r' ~ zen ne
artist lie was warmly ap laudci a' he we'll deserve
Mr. Ifowe,'s read hom hi. story Of April Hopes
IN rufiug no" >f. Mr.. Lowell said hat many
years AGO youn- man I'M III Vost came To- seq him
ard after drta ming him long a. Re woGld say, bee
Nir LovclU gave Ga, ypnn. man letter of iniroduc
uou to Nathaniel Hawthorne. lu which he made the
prophecy that his guest would become brilliant nan
oi .ct'r,. IN hic." sad Mr. Lowell. tuning TO
Nt Howell, D." is The youu- nan from tle Wet
N. lloWc~ was aupaudrd 80 iha coho. and ii~ SO
lection WIS immensely diycrtln- - the audience There
va, no.hn- Whatever ia the scene b" presented TO
ar"n> SPECIAL inter- ~. The clos, attention with which
hr va, io'loVcl ard tt' evident qualification be
gave were tribute, - bis az of putting thius, not
to h', masluauoo. liI, characters sid and id Just
rroci-.i, what such cha a.tr~ m-hr Doe expected TO
-a' and 30 under such ciruu~ sucr-. and the funny
-, yen a, ihr in>lrn'r part "i ~ aN m th' iIE iact
body who reals. read, Mr. Howcll,'' novels bocanSe
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noel vr'.nf rr'hais 'h"r' f., no' 50 e' ,ai
-.rf,c, ON rhc or, hand. it NAY vcsy VII hc that
writes or on mo ,thrr hand. % may be- thai Russian
if" Il. viewed tlor -h Oh" il-, 5n n9'rI is 10 ON